PARTNERSHIP BOOKLET

GHENT

2014 - 2015

XX Board

President: Lisa Dujardin Vice-president for Internal Relations: Lukas Engelen

Vice-president for External Relations: Yentl Van Mulder Treasurer: Bram Dewulf

Secretary: Moustapha Ramachi

Board of European Students of Technology Ghent p/a VTK Gent Jozef Plateaustraat 22 9000 Gent

Contact: ww.vtk.ugent.be/best ghent@BEST.eu.org

The Dean TalksDear Reader,

The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture at Ghent University is internationally renowned, not only for its educational programs but also for its research activities. Indeed, we are participating in numerous international educational programs (via Erasmus Student Exchange, by taking the (co)lead in several Erasmus Mundus Programs, via international internships, via our National Secretariat of IAESTE mandate - the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience, ...). And we are a (key) partner in numerous national and international research projects and networks as well.

Of course, internationalisation isn‘t just about professors or researchers going abroad to give lectures at foreign universities or to have research meetings with international teams. Internationalisation starts with students! Students leaving their familiar surroundings to take courses abroad, and vice versa: foreign students coming to our faculty, and hence, enriching our faculty community.

In this context, our Local BEST Group plays a crucial role. They send students to other European universities, to participate in courses and workshops. They organise complementary courses, and engineering competitions, where students can improve their skills in an interactive (I would even say: often very lively) way.

Every year, our Local BEST Group is also organizing a high-quality Summer Course. The Faculty of Engineering and Architecture is strongly supporting this effort. Therefore, I hope to see you on one of their many activities!

Yours sincerely,

Rik Van de Walle

Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture

Ghent University

Table of Contents 6 BEST at a Glance

8 Engineering Competition

10 Summer Course

12 Corporate Partner

14 Promotional Partner

15 Presidents Meeting 2015

16 Previous Partners

17 Contact

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ABOUT BEST

The Board of European Students of Technology is active for students in 96 universities across 33 countries. It is a non-profit and non-political organisation that has been enabling cooperation, communication and student exchanges with the most important technical universities throughout Europe since 1989.

BEST has a 18 year old history at the University of Ghent, with approximately 140 alumni. Nowadays our group consists of about 35 active members spreading the BEST spirit among the engineering students by organising all kinds of academic and non-academic activities.

Together with the international students attending courses and other events, BEST Ghent reaches a target audience of more than 2000

engineering students.

BEST strives to broaden the horizon for European technology students and to increase crossborder cooperation. In addition, through its activities, BEST manages to close the triangle ‘students-companies-universities’.

BEST at a Glance BEST IN NUMBERS

• 95 Universities

• 1 300 000 students

• 33 European countries

• 3600 members

• 2000+ students attending a course abroad

• 93 external events organised last year

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MAIN ACTIVITES

Complementary Education

Throughout the year we organise learning, self-development and leisure courses for European students. They get to know the newest technologies and scientific achievements and bind close friendships.

Career Support On our virtual career portal, students (more than 42.000 registered users) can find job offers, seminars, internships… The offers are provided by our international partners.

Best Engineering Competitions During the competitions the participants develop their social and cooperational skills working on a Team Design while making use of their technical knowledge.

Main Activities

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Engineering Competition - EBECOne of the core activities of BEST is the organisation of the European BEST Engineering competition, or in short EBEC. Teams of four students compete against each other in solving real problems of companies (Case Study) or constructing a solution for a given task with a limited amount of materials and within a limited period of time (Team Design). The winning team will be selected based on accomplishment of the task, innovation, and presentation. Each year BEST Ghent organises a local round in which more than 100 local students participate, and in which your company can be our partner for a challenging competition.

LOCAL ROUND - EBEC GHENT

At our Local BEST Engineering Competition, teams of Ghent University students compete in Team Design or Case Study. They get judged by a jury consisting of company delegates, professors and the dean. The winner can go to EBEC Benelux. Besides this competition, we also organise one for high school students to let them discover the university, BEST and engineering competitions.

REGIONAL ROUND - EBEC BENELUX

The winners of the 7 local competitions in Belgium, Netherlands and Germany will compete in Case Study and Team Design at EBEC Benelux. The winning teams in each competition will go on to the next and final round: EBEC Final.

FINAL ROUND - EBEC FINAL

EBEC Final is the final round of this huge European collaboration. In this event, 120 contestants from all over Europe will compete. The first edition in 2009 was organised in Ghent by our very own Local BEST Group. In 2012 the team from Ghent won the Team Desing final in Zagreb.

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What We Offer Team Design Case Study

Logo on printed materials

Logo on event t-shirt

Logo on event website

Company Presentation (30 min)

Choice of Team Design Topic -

Choice of Case Study Topic -

Price € 2000 € 2000

During 4 hours 60 engineering students work on a topic chosen by your company. Besides putting all these creative minds to the test, and getting the chance to up your visibility with a company presentation and logo visible on all event materials and the event website you also get the chance to interact with the students during the whole competition and closing reception.

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Summer CourseCourses are the core business of BEST. The concept is simple: we gather 22 people from 95 different European technical universities around one topic. And then we provide them with the perfect mix of academic training and social connections.

ACADEMIC

BEST Ghent has built a strong connection with the professors of our engineering faculty. They provide us with excellent accommodations for the lectures and lab events at the university. Furthermore, motivated professors prepare and deliver a series of top quality courses to our participants.

SOCIAL

Aspiring engineers will need strong social skills. After all, they need to work in highly diverse teams with different cultural backgrounds, without ever meeting beforehand. Our BEST course provides the perfect opportunity to enhance these kinds of soft skills.

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THE PEOPLE

First of all we have the 22 European participants picked out of the approximately 200 applications we receive yearly. Furthermore they show their international and independent mind-set by travelling to a foreign country without knowing anyone.

Secondly, we have the organisers. 15 students, close to graduation, from Ghent University will work day and night to ensure the proper flow of the Summer Course. They do this because they believe in the vision of BEST: bringing European students closer together.

MUTUAL BENEFIT

Companies allow us to add another level to our Summer Course. A company visit or a lecture can give new insights to our students. At the same time, our partnerships allow us to keep our Summer Courses accessible, so that truly every student has the opportunity to go and explore Europe.In return, we offer an opportunity to get in touch with a group of students working on one central topic, with very desirable profiles: the international-minded, independent and enthusiastic international students and the local volunteers, who have exceptional motivation and organisational experience.

COOPERATION

Since there are so many possibilities for cooperation, we would recommend a face-to-face meeting to discuss which solutions are optimal for your company. However, to give an idea, a selection of activities is included in the table above.

What We Offer Diamond Gold Silver Promo

Promotion on all materials

Company Presentation -

CV of Participants -

Workshop with participants - -

Company visit - - -

Price € 3000 € 2500 € 1500 € 500

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Corporate Partnership Offer A corporate partnership is the closest way to work together with BEST Ghent. It has two main focus points. On one side it offers extensive branding opportunities through our widespread promotion campaigns. On the other hand we build a strong connection between you and BEST Ghent with contact evenings.

PROMOTION - Get recognized & share your message

Promotion of the Courses (4 times/year). Your logo on: - 400 flyers to promote all courses - 25 posters throughout the university Presentations in class rooms - T-shirts of our own course

EBEC: - Posters in university to encourage local teams - Presentations in class rooms - T-shirts for participants and organisers - Possibility to place banner on event. - Your promotion materials in the welcome package for the participants

Other visibility: - On our web page and Facebook page as corporate partner - On our web page there will be a banner with your logo and link to your web page - Full page in the booklets we distribute at events - On all other promotion material we distribute - On all T-shirts of all the events we organise

COOPERATION - Get to know the members of BEST Ghent

We want to build an even stronger connection between your company and BEST Ghent and therefore we arrange contact evenings each year. This way we get to know you even better, are able to see how it is like to work in your company and you can meet all the members of our Local BEST Group.

LOCAL BEST CAREER SUPPORT - Our career center

BEST Career Support gives you access to all CVs from students who go on a course and of all the local students in our database. Moreover this allows you to send Career Newsletters to all subscribers of our Local Best Group

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As you can see, the corporate partnership grants you a very personal connection with LBG Ghent. Moreover our extensive promotion campaign will increase your visibility for all students of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture as well as the Faculty of Industrial Engineering campus Schoonmeersen and Kortrijk.

What We Offer Corporate Partner

Seasonal Course Promotion

EBEC Promotion

Online Promotion

Contact Evenings

BEST Career Support

Price € 2000

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Presidents Meeting 2015In November 2015 LBG Ghent, together with LBG Leuven, will organise BEST’s 2015 Presidents Meeting: PM Flanders. During this event all local presidents, together with international management, committees and invitees, work five days to discuss, design and further develop BEST’s future. With over two hundred participants coming from all corners in Europe Presidents Meeting is BEST’s second biggest event.

As with every event BEST organises the interaction between students, academics and companies plays a key role on how we work and for PM Flanders this is no different.

The first day of Presidents Meeting, the Official Opening Day, is a day completely dedicated to this important interaction. During Official Opening Day institutions, organisations and companies get the chance to interact with and get to know the over two hundred attendees with highly interesting profiles. This interaction happens in many forms and it is completely up to the interested company or institution which one most closely resembles their needs. There is the possibility to attend the job fair, talk about your company in a presentation during the opening speeches, make the attendees familiar with your field with a workshop or do an personal interview with a selection of the participants based on their CV’s.

What We Offer Diamond Gold Silver Promo

Promotion on all materials

Jobfair -

Workshop with participants - -

Company Presentation - - -

Price € 5000 € 4000 € 2000 € 1000

It is possible to add a company presentation to the silver packages for an additional € 2000

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Promotional PartnerBEST Ghent is constantly reaching students through multiple activities like EBEC and Courses but also via our website and the many promotional materials. Being a promotional partner gives your company the chance to create more visibility towards this large target group of engineering students.

Your logo will appear on posters, flyers, T-shirts and the website reaching all Engineering and Architecture students from the University of Ghent, including Campus Schoonmeersen and Campus Kortrijk.

What We Offer Promotional Partner

Logo on our website

Logo on Promotional materials of EBEC

Logo on Promotional materials of Summer Course

logo on all T-shirts

logo on posters and flyers

Price € 500

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Previous Partners

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Contact

Bram Dewulf - Treasurer

Mobile: +32 468 10 53 99 Mail: bram.dewulf@best.eu.org

Lisa Dujardin - President

Mobile: +32 497 26 19 20 Mail: lisa.dujardin@best.eu.org

General

Mail: ww.vtk.ugent.be/best Web: www.best.eu.org/ghent

GHENT

Board of European Students of Technology Ghent p/a VTK Gent Jozef Plateaustraat 22 9000 Gent

Contact: ww.vtk.ugent.be/best ghent@BEST.eu.org